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TAMPA — While simmering over a heartbreaking loss for a lengthy period of time is frowned upon in most high school football programs, the past definitely motivates Carrollwood Day School. At least for Friday's Class 2A, District 5 opener against Indian Rocks Christian. Nearly a year ago, a harrowing 8-point ...Read more

Freshman quarterback Aaron Angelos hit Elias Earley with a touchdown on the game’s first play and state-ranked CDS went on to an easy victory. Willie Parker added two touchdowns on the ground for the Patriots. St. Edward’s reached the Class A playoffs last season. Read more

Carrollwood Day starting quarterback Spencer Peek had surgery Monday after breaking several bones in a car accident, coach Lane McLaughlin confirmed. Peek, a junior, was driving on the wet roads in his neighborhood Sunday, McLaughlin said, when he hydroplaned and ran off the road. McLaughlin said Peek was alert when ...Read more

Fall football practices for Tampa Bay football teams officially kicked off this week. We’re rolling out daily district previews for all 78 varsity teams in the area. Today we look at our smallest district: Overview Indian Rocks Christian was the dominant team last season in Class 2A-5, going 6-0 and ...Read more

Our third annual countdown of the top 100 football players in Tampa Bay. Past performances — spanning the fall, spring and summer — and promise of big things to come are all taken into consideration. Today: players 51 through 60. Previous installments: 91-100 81-90 71-80 61-70Read more

Spring football always introduces us to new faces, gives us a glimpse of turnaround teams and proves that the elite players are still very much top-tier talents. Our thoughts after teams stowed away the pads for spring: Breakout players Trent Chmelik, Countryside: The junior, who is taking over as the ...Read more

Carrollwood Day made it through spring practice despite a slew of injuries that kept numbers low, but 17 players — including eighth-grade quarterback Aaron Angelos — were almost enough to win the Patriots’ spring game. The Patriots ran for 330 yards and had the lead late before falling 28-24 to ...Read more

TAMPA — Rex Culpepper completed just 14 passes during Plant High School’s 2013 season as backup quarterback. But the day after he stood on the Dad's Stadium sideline and watched his Panthers fall to Apopka in the Class 8A state semifinal, the sophomore went right back to campus to get ...Read more

Call spring football at the high school level the early evaluation period. There are big names to replace, with players of the year graduating and moving on to college. Who will fill in? There are new coaches to break in, promising assistant coaches hoping to make the most of their ...Read more

Offensive Player of the Year: QB Deiondre Porter, Sr., Jefferson Why we picked him: You need not look any further than his stat line. Porter threw for 3,199 yards and 33 touchdowns while adding 1,499 yards and 20 touchdowns on the ground. His 4,698 total yards were the most by ...Read more

Five things we learned Friday night 1. First round’s pretty predictable. Friday pitted the runners-up from one district against champions from another. The runners-up who did win — Pinellas Park, Jefferson, St. Petersburg Catholic and Tarpon Springs — were mostly expected to, and the champions rolled. If anything surprised us, ...Read more

NAPLES — A few big passes meant a big win for First Baptist Academy of Naples over Carrollwood Day on Friday night. First Baptist quarterbacks Jack Bueltel and Tyler Dean hooked up with Tyler Brechel for two long scoring passes as the Lions beat Carrollwood Day 20-0 in a 2A ...Read more

TAMPA — Carrollwood Day knew it’d have a rough journey back to the playoffs after graduating Hillsborough County’s all-time leading rusher (Robert Davis) and starting the season 0-2. The Patriots couldn’t have predicted their path would take so many detours just to get to practice. With the soccer season underway, ...Read more